A Russian district called an election recount after someone else got more votes than Putin, reports say

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, 2nd left, speaks at a concert marking his victory in a presidential election and the 10-year anniversary of Crimea's annexation by Russia on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 18, 2024, together with candidates who ran in the Russian presidential elections, Leonid Slutsky, left, Vladislav Davankov, right, and Nikolai Kharitonov, 2nd right.
Russian President Vladimir Putin together with candidate Nikolai Kharit

2 NATO powerhouses are creating an armored-vehicle coalition to support Ukraine

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A Leopard 2 tank is seen in action at the Bundeswehr tank battalion 203 at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.
A Leopard 2 tank at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, in February 2023.

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Putin wasted no time buttering up China after his election victory

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Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping talking.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing in October.

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Russia is betting big on Cuba as it courts alternative economic partners

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People standing by a mural of Che Guevara.
Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, attending a wreath-laying ceremony at the José Martí monument in Havana in February.

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Western militaries need to start figuring out how to fight long and bloody attritional wars like Ukraine, former Army officer warns

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A Ukrainian soldier of the Khartia brigade fires an AK-47 pellet gun from a trench during a training as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk oblast, Ukraine, on February 7, 2024.
A Ukrainian soldier of the Khartia brigade fires an AK-47 pellet gun from a trench during a training as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk oblast, Ukraine, on February 7, 2024.

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Ukraine launched a wave of drone attacks on Russia as voting for Putin was underway

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, wearing a dark suit and red tie, holds a clenched fist up against a blue background with writing advertising Russia's election.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks after polling stations closed in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian rebels aim to embarrass Putin with cross-border attacks during presidential election

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A photo shows what the Russian Defence Ministry says is a destroyed tank of Ukraine-based armed groups after an attempted incursion into Russian territory in the Belgorod region, released March 12, 2024.
A photo shows what the Russian Defence Ministry says is a destroyed tank of Ukraine-based armed groups after an attempted incursion into Russian territory in the Belgorod region, released March 12, 2024.

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I tutored the children of Russia's elite amid the backdrop of war. One teenager said he had his own massage therapist.

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Boy on tablet and Monaco Harbor.
Stock image of a boy on a tablet, not one of the students, and Monaco Harbor.

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Russia hit a Ukrainian port city using one of its more brutal tactics, a double-tap missile strike that kills emergency workers too

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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, an emergency serviceman sits shocked after a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday, March 15, 2024.
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, an emergency serviceman sits shocked after a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday, March 15, 2024.

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A 70-year-old Russian activist was asked to sign a form saying he was willing to fight in Ukraine, rights group says

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A police officer puts handcuffs on Oleg Orlov, the 70-year-old human rights campaigner, on February 27, 2024.
A police officer puts handcuffs on Oleg Orlov, the 70-year-old human rights campaigner, on February 27, 2024.

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